13 October 2008What details do you need to put on the Health and Safety law poster?
The poster contains several sections that need to be completed;these are
This box is for a representative that has been appointed/elected by the employees, either under the Safety Representatives and Safety Committee regulations 1977( if the work place has a trade union) or the Consultation with Employee Regulations 1996, (if there is no union represented). If there is no one who has been appointed/elected by the employees and the employer consults directly with the employees, then this box is left blank. The leaflet Consulting employees on health and safety : a guide to the law gives further information.
This box is for the person appointed by the employer for health and safety, (i.e. health and safety officer). The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, regulation 7 states that "Every employer shall, appoint one of more competent persons to assist him in undertaking the measures he need to take to comply with the requirements imposed upon him by the regulations". Ultimately this could be the employer themselves, depending on the size and structure of the business, and if the employer has the relevant training and experience.
Your enforcing authority for health and safety depends on the type of business you conduct. In deciding who that is, you need to consider the type of workplace you are employed in. The Health & Safety Executive enforce over premises such as factories, building sites, mines, farms, fairgrounds, quarries, railways, chemical plant, offshore and nuclear installations, schools and hospitals. The Local Authority enforce over premises such as retailing, some warehouses, most offices, hotels and catering, sports, leisure, consumer services and places of worship.
Employment Medical Advisory Service departments are located at local HSE offices, although there are some small area offices without one.
Contact details:
Health & Safety Executive (HSE) and
Employment Medical Advisory Service (EMAS)
Phoenix House,
23-25 Cantelupe Road,
EAST GRINSTEAD,
West Sussex
RH19 3BE
Tel: 01342 334200
Info Line 0845 345 0055
Fax: 01342 334222
Local Authority:
Environmental Health
Sevenoaks District Council
Argyle Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1GP
Tel: 01732 227000
Fax: 01732 742339
